Workers' Comp: Senators Look To Slash Benefits For Disabled Civil Servants

Nov. 10, 2011 -- Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to cut benefits for federal workers disabled on the job, a budget-trimming move that critics warn could leave many injured civil servants and their families without enough to live on in retirement. But as The Huffington Post reports, Ron Watson, a workers' comp expert at the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the reductions are "intentionally targeted at injured workers with families, their widows and widowers, and the elderly."